March 2014

Asphalt

ASPHALT PAVING: Pouring over details

March 11, 2014
Density is usually a good thing in asphalt pavement. The more density, the better. Occasionally road builders want gaps in the asphalt, though, voids that make the asphalt layer...
Asphalt

ASPHALT PAVING: Able to reconnect

March 11, 2014
When torrential rains unprecedented in memory wiped out miles of roads and bridges in Colorado’s populated Front Range last September, state, city and county road agencies joined...
Concrete

ROAD CONSTRUCTION: Betting on the river

March 11, 2014
On Feb. 9, 2014, the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge officially opened to traffic in the St. Louis area.The long-anticipated, $700 million New Mississippi River Bridge (MRB...
Asphalt

ASPHALT PAVING: Smoothing nerves

March 11, 2014
It is the biggest change in asphalt specifications in California since the state transportation department went to a quality control/quality assurance model in the 1990s, and ...
Asphalt

ASPHALT PAVING: The right party

March 11, 2014
When roads have term limits you know there is a chance of a strong candidate in something.

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Bridges

BRIDGE RESCUE: Partnering up

March 11, 2014
For having the second-most number of bridges in the nation, Ohio is in a relatively strong position as its more than 44,000 structures score better than the national average in...